Concern for Anabaptist Renewal - Paperback

by Virgil Vogt (Editor), Laura Schmidt Roberts (Editor), John D. Roth (Foreword by)

""What the Kingdom of God requires is a radical Christian movement in our own time which has a vigor and depth that equals that of those radicals who have gone before us."" These words introduce a Radical Reformation Reader, first published in 1971 by a group confident that the past could--and did--offer practical, theological guidance for following Jesus in the contemporary world. What forms of church are appropriate to the ecclesial heirs of such a radical tradition, especially in settings marked by individualism, escalating violence, and growing economic disparity? The essays republished here explore divergent contextual responses and invite readers to do the same.

Author Biography

Virgil Vogt was leader for many years of Reba Place Church and Reba Place Fellowship, a Christian Community in Evanston, Illinois. He was managing editor for Concern: A Pamphlet Series for Questions of Christian Renewal from 1960-1971.



Laura Schmidt Roberts is Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Fresno Pacific University. She is the lead editor of Recovering from the Anabaptist Vision: New Essays in Anabaptist Identity and Theological Method (2019).